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After years of advocacy, serious injuries and fatal crashes, the Embarcadero is finally getting a protected bike lane (albeit a short one)

Overhead wire splices fail once put under full load, knocking out Muni rail. Which begs the question: why weren't they put under full load before reopening the system?

After breakdowns, SFMTA gave up and cancelled rail service again Monday evening

At its regular meeting Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors confirmed Sharon Lai, a former city planner, for the SFMTA board. But they rejected Jane Natoli in a six-to-four vote. The San Francisco Chronicle's Rachel Swan had a great breakdown of the events leading up to Supervisors Gordon Mar, Sandra Lee Fewer, Aaron Peskin, Dean Preston, Shamann Walton, and Norman Yee voting against her confirmation.

With the return of traffic and compromises on safety plans, Vision Zero is proving as elusive as ever

SFMTA director checks in on where things stand in this ongoing, forced transit experiment that is the year 2020

Study shows positive results from the installation of protected intersections around the Lake Merritt BART station

A quick update and the latest moves on the Caltrain measure

The tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic came with one positive aspect: the shutdown meant a drop in traffic-related pollution and a reduction in traffic violence and deaths. However, as advocates for safe streets expected and feared, with the economy partially re-opened, too many people are dying in traffic collisions once again.